This is a regal sounding name, one that has strength. Not really any nicknames for it. It isn't an overused name which is nice.

― Anonymous User 4/25/2006

I love this name! I like that it has a 'wise' meaning to it. It evokes a sense of intelligence, wisdom, wit and creativity. And the pronunciation is never AT-HAY-Nah it's Ath-Ee-Na even though I like At-HAY-Na too especially for Corinna-Athena (At-Hay-Nah). Do you pronounce Athens At-HAY-Ns? I like the Spanish pronunciation to it too (AT-Heh-Nah).

― Anonymous User 5/5/2006

In Modern Greek, the pronunciation is ah-thee-NAH. (I much prefer the usual English pronunciation.) The city of Athens is pronounced ah-THEE-nah, though.

My grandmother is called Athene which I personally prefer over Athena. It is quite a rare name as she has only ever heard of or met three other people in her life called the same. People occasionally call her 'Ath' for short though, though I much prefer the full form.

If you wanted to name your daughter after the goddess, I think it would be better to call her Sophie Olivia, Sophie for wisdom and Olivia for the olive tree. I love the namesake but despise the actual name.

― Anonymous User 3/15/2007

I am the total opposite; I like Athena but I absolutely HATE Sophie, and I don't like Olivia much, plus they don't go together all that well, and Olivia is more likely to be a feminine form of Oliver (meaning elf army) than a variant of Oliva anyway, and therefore doesn't directly mean olive tree.

― Anonymous User 5/27/2007

Actually, I read in a name book that Athena actually means "wise", which makes sense as she is the Goddess of Wisdom.

This is a really beautiful name. I'm not sure that I'd use it as a first name, though. Not because I wouldn't want to, just because people may consider it a bit weird. But I love the meaning as well as how it sounds. It's just so powerful.

This is one of older sister's name and I think it's a very pretty name and you don't really don't hear it that often. My sister is now 21 and loves her name.

― Anonymous User 8/13/2008

My name is Athena. For anyone contemplating whether or not to name your kid this, ask an actual Athena and not random people. I've never met another person with my name, so it's rare, but it's really not exotic-sounding. It's very rarely mispronounced because it sounds right out. I was never teased. A lot of people don't know the origin, but those who do LOVE it. I joined a Facebook group for people named Athena and everyone seemed to really like their name. Fans of the Who love it especially, haha.

My first daughter's name is Athina, the original form of Athene. She is the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology and associated with the Owl. Athina is the goddess of Athens, she gave the city the olive tree as a present, that was one of the most important crop of ancient and even today's Greece. My daughter has 100 olive trees on our field and at the age of 2 she is already looking after them. :)

Athena is the best of the Greek goddesses, and probably the main reason I love this name. I use the nickname "Ath" (with affection and familiarity, not disrespect!) to refer to her. If I ever did have a child, this would be near the top of the name suggestions list.

Athena is the green-skinned alien who falls in love with Dr. Smith on Lost in Space.

― Anonymous User 8/19/2012

Athena will be the name of the first winter storm of the 2012-2013 winter season (followed by Brutus, Caesar, and so on). The name list will be used by the Weather Channel.

― Anonymous User 10/3/2012

The name Athena was used on a nor'easter by the Weather Channel on November 7, 2012. However, it was rejected by the National Weather Service, which refused to recognize the names of winter storms. (Reply to dwayne1996 10/3/2012).

― Anonymous User 12/24/2012

I really don't like this name. In my opinion, naming someone after such a well known Goddess just seems kind of elitist and it sounds a little cheesy to me. I much prefer the roman equivalent, Minerva.

― Anonymous User 4/8/2014

●Athinë is Albanian●Afina is Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian●Atina is Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian●Atena is Cebuano, Esperanto, Galician, Macedonian, and Portuguese●Athene is Dutch●Atenas is Filipino●Athína is Modern Greek●Athéné is Hungarian●Atėnė is Lithuanian.

― Anonymous User 5/4/2014

Athena makes me think of a really annoying and stuck up girl for some reason.

― Anonymous User 5/11/2014

I've known two different Athenas in my life, and both of them were smug, critical, I'm-so-much-smarter-than-you types. I don't know if being named after the Greek goddess of wisdom gave them some sort of complex or what the deal was, but my impression of the name Athena is pretty negative now because of them.

I named my daughter Athena 3 years ago and I have never had anyone say anything less than positive about it. The majority of people go out of their way to tell me how beautiful and unusual they think the name is and how much they like it. Personally I still love the name and it suits her perfectly:-)

My name is indeed Athena, I pronounce it as ahh-thee-na, but some of my family do pronounce it as ahh-teh-na. I've always found my name intresting as it describes me perfectly. Uncertain, because I'm quite outgoing. Based off the Greek mythology, I do like knowledge. And learning, as it is essential. To me however, surprisingly I have a like for owls and not because of the origin of my name.

I absolutely love the name Athena, and it really bothers me when people name their dog Athena. I was going to name my daughter that but ended up having a boy. His name is Athens Brian. I get so many compliments on his name and I fell in love with it. I hope he likes it as much as I do.

I'll always associate this name with a wise soul of a woman who loves owls and olives; that is, the goddess Athena. It's a beautiful name and a great choice for a child, as it doesn't sound too big or unusual like some other Greek god names can sound. Though she might get teased a bit, I still think it's a lovely name that a girl would grow proud to have.

If you google it you'll get nothing or Meaning unknown, PERHAPS derived from Greek αθηρ (ather) "sharp" and αινη (aine) "praise" which is for sure very wrong. In original form it is Αθηνα (ATINA), In a Macedonian language or like Greeks like to say Slavo-Macedonian Atina is derived from ATA-ATINA-old church Slavonic or Slavo Macedonian-TATINA-modern Macedonian meaning father's girl. And how the goddess Athena was born: After he swallowed her pregnant mother, Metis, Athena is "born" from Zeus' forehead as he grasps the clothing of Eileithyia on the right; black-figured amphora, 550–525 BC, Louvre. So you see why she is the FATHER'S GIRL- SHE WAS BORN BY HER FATHER. Because there is no material proof that Slavs came into Macedonia, actually Slavs are just a theory who was accepted without any material or archeological proves for any kind of so- called Slav tribes appears that those tribes who were called Slavs are actually indigenous people of the south Balkan. If we consider that the Athena is founded by indigenous Pelasgians and not by Hellens who were newcomers than you have the answer who gave the name ATINA.

Inspiration, bravery, law and justice is all associated with this name because of the goddess, which is perfect for me because I am an aspiring civil rights lawyer. It is such a beautiful name. My favorite name that goes with Athena is Ophelia. Athena & Ophelia, I can actually imagine using it but I am very iffy with names. But it is a very beautiful name and I can imagine a well rounded individual with the name Athena. Personally I love to associate the color blue with the name Athena, assuming because of Percy Jackson. But just a very classy choice.

Princess Athena of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, is the youngest child and only daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark. As of May 2017, Athena is tenth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.